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Pronouns are words that substitute for nouns.
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Personal Pronouns- A personal pronoun refers to a specific person or thing and changes its form to indicate person, number, gender, and case. Ex: 1st person - the one(s) speaking (I me my mine we us our ours) 2nd person - the one(s) spoken to (you your yours) 3rd person - the one(s) spoken about (he him his she her hers it its they their theirs) Objective Personal Pronouns- An objective personal pronoun indicates that the pronoun is acting as an object of a verb, compound verb, preposition, or infinitive phrase. Ex: “Me," "you," "her," "him," "it," "us," "you," and "them.“ Possessive Personal Pronouns- A possessive pronoun indicates that the pronoun is acting as a marker of possession and defines who owns a particular object or person. Ex: “Mine," "yours," "hers," "his," "its," "ours," and "theirs.“.
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Demonstrative Pronouns- A demonstrative pronoun points to and identifies a noun or a pronoun. Ex: “This," "that," "these," and "those.“ Interrogative Pronouns- An interrogative pronoun is used to ask questions. Ex: “Who," "whom," "which," "what“, whoever," "whomever," "whichever," and "whatever. Relative Pronouns- You can use a relative pronoun is used to link one phrase or clause to another phrase or clause. Ex: “Who," "whom," "that,“ "which, “whoever," "whomever," and "whichever”. Indefinite Pronouns- An indefinite pronoun is a pronoun referring to an identifiable but not specified person or thing. Ex: “All," "another," "any," "anybody," "anyone," "anything," "each," "everybody," "everyone," "everything," "few," "many," "nobody," "none," "one," "several," "some," "somebody," and "someone."
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Reflexive Pronouns- You can use a reflexive pronoun to refer back to the subject of the clause or sentence. Ex: “Myself," "yourself," "herself," "himself," "itself," "ourselves," "yourselves," and "themselves.“ Intensive Pronouns- An intensive pronoun is a pronoun used to emphasize its antecedent. Intensive pronouns are identical in form to reflexive pronouns.
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Examples are in order.
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He has the power to accredit all the banks in the state.
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Suzie Crabgrass told her not to give credence to everything on the internet.
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My son, Peter, lacks the credential for the job.
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This website would be a good example, of a news source with very little credibility.
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To whom, should I congratulate for this creditable essay on the fine arts?
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That gullible boy is very credulous.
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Everyone in the college fraternity should follow the fraternity's creed.
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Many devoted Catholics discredited themselves during the Renaissance.
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I consider myself to be incredible.
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The miscreant got into a fight with the teacher.
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